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Vafli Wafer Cake with Caramel (Вафли) is super easy to make, and so caramel-y and sticky. It’s known by several different names in Eastern Europe, Вафли, Oblandi, or Oblatne, depending on which country you’re from possibly more names. In Russian, Vafli (Вафли) literally translates into waffles, meaning the waffled layers of thin desert wafers. You can buy…

Fermented Spicy Sauerkraut is so incredibly healthy to eat, and not a new trendy idea. Many cultures around the world have a way of preserving and fermenting cabbage, historically to get the food through the winter. Eastern Europe and Germany have Sauerkraut, Korea has Kimchi, and Central America has Curtido. Sauerkraut is made by a…

This Classic Pumpkin Roll with Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese is easier to make than it looks. It reminds me that it’s almost Thanksgiving time and the countdown to Christmas has begun! It’s like a Pumpkin Swiss Roll or Roulade made with Pumpkin Pie Spice, generously slathered with vanilla bean cream cheese. It’s funny, moving down to…

There’s no need to buy Pumpkin Pie Spice, it’s so easy to make. Never heard of Pumpkin Pie Spice? Well the name is kind of self explanatory, isn’t it, the mixture of spices found in Pumpkin Pie. But that’s not the only place you can use it. It’s found in many recipes, such as my favourite;…

This Kavardak Beef Stew is delicious beef winter stew that’s common across Russia and across former Soviet countries. It’s especially common in the Central Asian part of Russian and surrounding regions. It’s roots of this recipe seem to come from this region. It’s very popular in Uzbekistan (some call it their national dish) and in…

I love noodle soups, especially Chinese Chicken and Corn Noodle Soup with wide noodles. There’s something satisfying about slurping wide slippery noodles. In Asia, making loud slurping sounds while eating noodles shows that you are really enjoying your meal. In comparison, our western culture deems it rude to make slurping sounds at the table. At our…

Fresh Pasta Galushki Soup (Галушки) are a Eastern European fresh pasta (sometimes a dumpling) which is made several different ways. Mum has always made these in a stew or soup with chunks of chopped steak. Alternatively, the Galushki soup dumplings are boiled in water and served with fried onions and sometimes bacon and sour cream, almost like perogies….

I like to call my Cobb Salad Recipe the Un-Salad. Salads are perceived to be healthy, but then Cobb Salad recipe….not so much. I love American foods, especially when the origins of a tasty meal can’t be verified, usually due to more than one version of the truth. It’s like a food urban legend. The version…

French Dip with Easy Au Jus Recipe, can also be called Beef Dip with Easy Au Jus Recipe. It’s an American staple created in Los Angeles from the early 1900’s, which 2 restaurants lay claim to, Cole’s Pacific Electric Buffet and Phillipe the Original. However its not clear who came up with the original dish, but both restaurants…

Salmon and Rice Podliva (подлива) is a tasty dinner recipe made with boneless fillets of salmon, carrots and red peppers, served over rice. The podlike is a type of Russian sauce/gravy that the fish and veggies are cooked with. Instead of rice you could use mashed potatoes, rice, buckwheat or even pasta can be used….

I love camping. Well, actually maybe I love the idea of camping a little more than actually camping in a tent. Don’t get me wrong, I had wonderful memories of camping as a child, sitting around a campfire, late at night, roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. Sitting around a campfire is such a great social…

This one pot meal, rustic and easy to make, Lazy Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls (Ленивые Голубцы) is perfect to make when you’re in a hurry. If you love eating traditional Cabbage Rolls, but are too busy with life to spend 3 hours making them, then I’m talking to you! Don’t get me wrong, traditional Cabbage Rolls are so…

It’s really easy to make your own Loquat Jam and there are many Loquat Jam recipes out there, but this one has something extra; the vanilla bean. Jams are easy to make, I know people who anxiously wait every year for strawberry season so they can buy a flat of strawberries, then rush home to…

Have you ever asked a friend for their delicious roast chicken recipe, and when you make it, somehow it doesn’t taste the same as their recipe? Have you wondered if they left out part of the instruction or even maybe an ingredient? Some people are really possessive about their recipes, and I can understand that….

Nothing beats food that is roasted over a hot coal fire. Whether using a mangal, weber, braai, fire pit, the flavour of the food can’t be beat! We make shashlik or kebabs, usually for special occasions, probably for the amount of work involved! My friend Katya originally posted this recipe on her blog sweetbakedlove.blogspot.ca I have…

Have you ever eaten Loquat Apple Crumble? Do you know what loquats are? Loquats sometimes are called Japanese Plums or Japanese Medlars. They are closely related to apples and have a slightly poisonous seed, similar to an apricot kernel, but you’d need to eat a serious amount to get sick. Loquats have a tangy and have…

I love this Authentic New England Clam Chowder recipe. Growing up in a Russian household, we never ate clam chowder. My mum won’t even eat shrimp, as she call them ocean worms! She doesn’t know what she’s missing! The first time I ever ate New England Clam Chowder was from a Campbell’s Soup can, and…

Goose’s Feet Cookies? What a strange name, pronounced in Russian ‘gusinie lapki’. The name comes from the triangle shaped cookie which looks like a webbed goose foot, if you squint really hard. The name flows much better in Russian! You can get creative with the design and use a fork to press indentations on the…

Easy Tvorog or Farmers Cheese (творог) is such a time saver when making fresh cheese. There are many different ways to make fresh cheeses, and they’re called by many names from different cultures. Tvorog or Farmers Cheese, Quark, White Cheese, Gvina Levana, Fresh Cheese and many more names. Easy Tvorog or Farmers Cheese is a…

Buckwheat Kasha with Mushrooms is the perfect side dish because it’s so healthy! Is buckwheat a superfood? Maybe. It’s definitely an ancient grain, eaten for thousands of years. Buckwheat is most commonly eaten in Japanese soba noodles, or as an Eastern European Kasha. It apparently can help lower bad cholesterol, is high in protein, and…

I’ve recently become a publisher with Yummly.com. Yummly allows users to bookmark their favourite recipes from anywhere on the internet, all stored under a central Yummly account. It’s not like allrecipes, where it doesn’t include all recipes (only the ones they control), but you can add any recipe you like to you online recipe book….

Chimichurri sauce is a green sauce eaten as a condiment with grilled bbq’d meat that originated in Argentina and is popular in Uruguay, and now around the world. It’s also used as a marinade for your meat. Usually I eat Hren with my steak, which is a Russian condiment of beets and horseradish, but Chimichurri…

I have fond memories drinking deep pink Russian Beet Kvass Recipe that my grandfather made from beets (beetroot). The fermentation of Kvass is similar to making fermented sauerkraut or fermented kimchi. The colour is an amazing bright fuchsia colour changing to a deep red. While I don’t have my dedushka’s exact recipe, I have played around with several recipe…

Chinese Chicken Wing Stir Fry Recipe isn’t a very common stir fry recipe, but it should be! Chicken wings are commonly fried in a wok in lots of oil until crispy, but aren’t usually eaten with rice as a stir fry. This is a recipe that my mum made for us while we were growing up. With…

Do you want to know the Secret to Easy Crispy Grilled Cheese Sandwiches? Everyone knows how to make ordinary grilled cheese sandwiches (grilled toasties). Not hard. Spread butter on the outside of the bread, on a hot frying pan or griddle, flip and done. I don’t know about you, but I hate spreading the butter. If…

Russian Honey Pryaniki Cookies (Домашние пряники медовые) are a classic Russian honey treat. Everybody has memories of freshly baked cookies from their childhood. There were 2 types of cookies that I specifically remember my mom baking, usually in huge amounts! Russian Honey Pryaniki Cookies were my favourite. Mum would bake these in large batches for us…

Hren Horseradish and Beets (Хрен со свеклой) is a tasty Russian condiment. ‘Hren’ is also how you say horseradish in Russian. Kind of confusing but I suppose nobody would eat just the horseradish root on its own. As a condiment, its mixed with grated beets, and eaten with a variety of meats. Horseradish is a…

This Olivye Salad recipe (салат Оливье) or Olivier Salad, is a Russian potato salad that was created by Lucien Olivier in the 1860’s in Moscow. Although the original Olivye Salad recipe was made with crayfish, duck, grouse and other ingredients that aren’t found in our modern version of Olivye. In post revolutionary Russia, the gourmet…

What goes better with chicken than a creamy Sour Cream Honey Mustard Sauce Recipe? It’s the perfect condiment and dipping sauce with chicken nuggets or chicken strips, along with Sriracha Mayo. The honey mustard type sauces here in Australia somehow aren’t as creamy as the US versions. Most versions here seem to have a bit…

Coming from North America, bread bowl dips were very common at parties. You can prepare it in advance and take it along a picnic or even to the beach. My favourite dip is an easy Spinach Dip which is made with a package of Knorr Vegetable Soup Mix and frozen spinach, which sound strange but…

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